Amanda Holden says this series of BGT is 'more amateur and home grown'
Public Group active 3 years, 4 months agohas hit back at criticism of last year’s by insisting this series is full of much more ‘home grown’ talent.The show was hit by accusations of being a fix last year, after a number of acts in the live shows were revealed to be professionals.Comedian Axel Blake was crowned the winner of the 15th series, despite already having his own Amazon show, Axel Blake: I’m Not Gonna Lie.Meanwhile, Loren Allred was awarded the coveted golden buzzer by Amanda, despite already reaching huge success as behind The Greatest Showman hit Never Enough.However, Amanda, 52, has defended the show, saying that the reason for so many professional acts last year was because they had struggled due to the pandemic. ‘Home grown’: Amanda Holden has hit back at criticism of last year’s Britain’s Got Talent by insisting this series is full of much more ‘home grown’ talent
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Criticism: The show was hit by accusations of being a fix last year, after a number of acts in the live shows were revealed to be professionals (L-R) Ant McPartlin, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell, Bruno Tonioli, Declan DonnellyShe further insisted that this year, there were less professional acts and more ‘amateurs’.She said: ‘It feels more home grown [this year]. It feels like stuff people would be doing in their bedrooms and less professionals this year, but the standard is still exceptionally high.’Last year, we had a lot of people who had struggled professionally because of lockdown – a lot of people that needed to remind themselves and their audience that they could do it.’It was great for us to give them that platform after what had been a very tough time for latest technology news 2022 performers.’But this year, I think it’s evened out again and it’s back to more amateur, home grown people queuing up and coming in.’It comes after Declan Donnelly admitted he and his partner-in-crime Ant McPartlin pulled some pranks on the new judge Bruno Tonioli. Fix: Comedian Axel Blake was crowned the winner of the 15th series, despite already having his own Amazon show, Axel Blake: I’m Not Gonna Lie Professional: Meanwhile, Loren Allred was awarded the coveted golden buzzer by Amanda, despite already reaching huge success as the voice behind The Greatest Showman hit Never Enough He said: ‘We, quite mischievously, kept telling him different rules.’So when he hit his golden buzzer on the first session of the first day, mid-way through an act, we told him not to worry because he had another golden buzzer tomorrow, and that he had one every day!’That might have something to do with the fact we have more golden buzzers this year! We also played a prank on the rest of the judges by going into their room and doing a BGT quiz, but secretly gave Bruno all the answers in advance.’That was quite fun to see the look on everyone else’s face. Ant said: ‘Much to Simon’s annoyance that somebody else would win a quiz about his show. He quickly worked out it was a prank and didn’t like it! But we loved it.’Once known as Mr. Nasty due to his no-nonsense approach, when Simon was asked if he still considers himself the toughest judge to impress, he replied: ‘I don’t know, I think we all have different opinions.’I don’t really think about it too much. You have to take each act individually. Rather than just thinking, “I’m just going to be tough or whatever,,” because everybody’s different. I think it’s only fair to be honest. I really, really do. What a pair! It comes after Declan Donnelly admitted he and his partner-in-crime Ant McPartlin pulled some pranks on the new judge Bruno Tonioli’I don’t like the idea of lying to people, saying everyone’s great because unfortunately, they’re not. ‘But the thing about our show, as I said before, you don’t need to win to change your career, a good audition that goes viral can open so many doors. That’s what makes us stand out, I think, from other shows.’On emerging themes from the pre-recorded auditions, Amanda revealed: ‘Yeah, we’ve had a lot of choirs this year, more than ever before, I think.’I really want a choir to win this year. There’s a men’s choir which are just brilliant. I enjoyed the fact that they were a group of men who were coming on for a good singsong.’ Alesha gushed about going back to Manchester for the first time in three years: ‘The audience is always so enthusiastic and up for it and we’d missed it. ‘We hadn’t been there for three years and we always loved touring around the country because it felt like the circus had come to town.’There is a different sort of perspective and vibe depending on where you go. And it shouldn’t always be London-centric. So I was well up for it, I was happy to be there and I think the audience really appreciated it.’ While the show has been enjoyed by millions across the nation since 2007, Bruno let slip that he’s never even seen it himself before.He enthused of his experience so far, ‘Oh, it’s incredible! I mean, honestly, I’ve had such a good time! Really, really, really good.’Because it is completely new for me, I told Simon, I never watched the show before. But I never watch anything I’m in, I never even watched Strictly or Dancing With the Stars.’I want to feel free to give it my own personal spin, not copy what someone before me has done, if that makes sense. And the truth is that the talent really excites me because I love watching new talent.’This is like live theatre. It’s a proper variety show like we used to get. And I always loved that. Let me tell you, some of the talent we’ve seen during auditions…absolutely incredible. Wow!’Britain’s Got Talent returns on Saturday April 15 at 8pm at and Sunday April 16 at 7:45pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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